Found this tiny little fork amongst a haul of cutlery, not familiar with the marks !!!. Would appreciate some help please 
Canât help with the marks, but it looks like it would be perfect for consuming large numbers of olives stuffed with blue cheese. Iâll send you my mailing address.
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I think that the XXX mark is Dutch, but canât confirm at the moment.
The XXX appears on the Amsterdam coat of arms and flag. Theyâre âsaltiresâ or St. Andrewsâ crosses. You see them more often on jewelry.
In any event, that certainly does suggest a Dutch connection. No luck finding PID, however (or is it PTD?).
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P Something D is all I managed 
, itâs a mystery one this is !! 
. Youâll get it eventually Jeff, youâre a hound
Some things get lost in the mists of time, and just arenât discoverable. Records disappear in fires, in floods, in wartime, or through simple neglect.
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Do you think it is Silver rather than plate Jeff !!!
No clue, but if forced to guess, Iâd say silver. Somewhere (canât find it) I saw a reference to the XXX Amsterdam mark being an assay mark. Plate wouldnât be assayed, of course.
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Apologies for being a pest but would this be classed as an Apostle Fork and what may be the figure at the bottom !!, I see it as a skeleton 
Thatâs certainly what it looks like - right design. I see the figure on the âbusiness endâ being a woman - maybe hair pigtail buns on either side of her head, slightly padded shoulders, wasp waist, flowing dress.
But I still say itâs an olive fork, and I want it.
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